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lusined fixed for , the, end of themonth, but it was to be subordinate to the affairs connected with the Cousiiiracy, and reports were even in circulation that the Coronation would. be postponed to the 27th August. In the mean time' his MAJESTY was giving proofs of his humanity and kind 'feeling. A striking instance 'of this_ had ,been exhibited by him towards General MICHAEL ORLOFF, and it was supposed that five or six only of the most guilty of the conSpirators would stiffer capital, punishment. The note contains an* article from Madrid which expresses an opinion that the affairs of Portugal are likely to produce an alteration for the better in those of Spain. A change of Ministry is confidently spoken of, and the KING is said to be determined to adopt a new system. The only intelli . Bence purely French in these papers is, hat the Court of Peers have declared that there was no ground for proceeding against M. OUVRARD, skid M. SWARD ; but a question was still left undecided, whether the former should be sent before the Correctional Police for an attempt at bribery. It has been long evident that it was not intended that M. OUVRARD should be convicted on the principal charges,- and his auda cious attempt to bribe the immediate suite of the Prince GENERALISSIMO will, we predict, not subject • him to heavy punishment, if the charge should be per severed in, which we doubt. The liquidated claims of the Emigrants, under the Act of indemnity, are stated at 275,312,219 francs of Capital, and 8,274,436 francs of Rentes. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, AUG. 2.—Five per Cents., 100 f. 20c. ; Three per Cents., 65f. 90c. ; Bank Stock, 2020 f. ; Nea politan Rentes, 72f. 25e. ; Spanish ditto, - 81. ; Royal Spanish Lon, 4614.---Exchange on London:--One month, 251. 65c. ; three months, 2bf. 50c. We have received this morning the Austrian Ob erver of the 24th ult., which furnishes no political ,news whatever. • It contains a Supplement to the Lemberg Gazette of the 15th, describing the fall, on the preceding day, of the Great Tower, known by the name of the Town Hall, which was . built in 1491, an account of which had reached us through the French Papers. We have also this forenoon received the' Frankfort Papera.of the 29th July, and the Allegemeine Zeitung of the same date, neither of which contains any para graphs worth giving. In another column will be found the Report made by the persons deputed to wait upon his MAJESTY'S Ministers, by some of the principal manufacturers of Birmingham, for the purpose of presenting a Memo rial which they had signed, declaratory of the unex atnpled stagnation of trade in their branch of business, and offering such explanations as might become ne cessary. It appears by this report, that his MAJESTY'S Ministers paid great attention to the Deputation, and made various inquiries respecting the causes of the present distress, which they appeared to think arose in a great degree from over-trading, but which opinion was controverted by the Deputation, who considered that the distress arose principally from the contraction of the circulating Medium, and could not be remedied without providing an ample and secure currency, ade quate to meet the obligations and immense engage ments of the country. The interview was closed by Lord LIVERPOOL's assuring the Deputation that the titcts contained in " the Memorial should have the most serious consi " deration of his MAJESTY'S Government." Another Deputation, but altogether of a different description, being composed, not of manufacturers, but j i •of distressed' workmen connected with the woollen 1 cloth trade of the West of England, obtained an audience of Mr. PEEL, for the purpose of representing the distress at Frome, and pointing out the causes of it, which they' attributed -to the too extensive use of Machinery, and:to the Corn Laws. Of course, Mr. PEEL, held out no hopes of Ministers compelling the manufacturers to abandon the use of In acAiriery ; and the deputation having left Mr. PEEL greatly disappointed, consulted with Mr.BUNT, and applied for an interview with Mr. CANNING, but -not suceeeding,, they len town last" right. The case of Payne v. Burridge, in the Court of Chancery, came to a final decree a day or two ago, after having been before the Court for upwar ds e of a quarter of a century .. I t was a bill f or a specific per formance of an agreement for 66 purchase of an estate, the defend an t b e i ng an Attorney, and the plaintiff a Clergyman. There can be very little doubt but that the defendant took advantage of his professional skill to protract this cause, and it . should seem that either through the remissness, or ignorance of the plaintiff 's Solicitor, he was far too successful in his ,endeavours. Such being the circumstances of the case, we must not be surprised that one pOrtion of the Press should quote it as an instance ofthe evil producedby the present system on which our Courts ' of Equity proceed, whilst an other sees in it nothing but the gross neglect of the professional advisers of both parties, and seizes on it with avidity to prove that the practice of the Court or chancery_ requires no a l terat i on or. amendment whatev er . That the greater part of the delay in this cause was th e e ff ect o f the remissness of both parties is allowed ; but it may nevertheless be remarked, that the practice and rules of any court which admit of such a perversion as this, must, of necessity, e c ient ; an obs erv a t i on , b the tr ut h of which is amply comsrmed ever occurred by th in e fact, that n o t on l y h as no such delay the Courts of Law, but those at all acquainted with their rules know very well that it is absolutely i m p o s s ibl e t h at it should occur. This; then, would prove that a portion at least of the blame for this delay is to be attributed to the system of the Court of Chancery, and at once, therefore, jus tifies the inquiry that has been instituted, and the amendments the CoMmissioners have recommended. 'rhe trait} is, that the mischief of the present system is not the of this or that particular rule, but the simple, consequence of the numberless inquiries, reports, exceptions to reports, and so forth, that go through the Master's offices. During these inquiries a cause is necessarily stayed until such time as the Master shall have made his report, and this is re gulated as much by the nature of the inquiry whether it is difficult or easy, or likely :to be long (or Short),' as any thing else, the Master, for obvious reasons, delaying the long and diffi cult ones to suit his own leisure and convenience. All inquiries of this nature in a suit at law, whether collateral or direct, are made through the intervention of a.Jury,' whose province it is to return a verdict in the affirmative or the negative, and who are never al lowed to stultify the cause, by giving reasons for their verdict, of to creep out of a doubtful point by long and wordy sentences, which it would be difficult to comprehend, further than as they amount to a more no than yes, or a more yes than no. It is in this in stance that the defects of the practice of the Court of Chancery ate mostly felt, and it is to this that most of the delays may be traced. The LORD - CHANCELLOR himself has little to do in the matter, for it may be justly observed, that if the facts of a case in.equity were fairly, clearly, and briefly before him ; if the Counsel would be at the trouble to expunge the irrelevant matter, and set the necessary facts (and only the necessary facts) before him, in due array—his Lordship would not be long in making up his mind as to the moral and Chancery justice of the case, andgive his judgment accordingly. If, in addition to this, his Lordship would throw aside all consideration of the facts in either party's case, which were not positively and clearly averred or proved, so as to lead the case to one, two, or more issues in fact, to which the rule of equity might be applied, he would find that, in very few instances, would he nave occasion to doubt, or to suspend that judgment which both parties anxiously expect ; and where, indeed, one party broadly alleges a fact which the other as broadly denies, an issue to determine the truth might be directed. We copy the following from the City Article 01 the Times of this morning:— "We mentioned yesterday that the Bank of Amsterdam had reduced its rate of discount to 3} per cent., and now learn that various other measures are in contemplation there of a similar nature, with the intention of giving an impulse to the trade of the Netherlands, by an increase of the circulating medium. It is proposed to imitate the expedient which has been so much cen sured here on the part of the Bank of England, in making loans on stock at 4 per cent., and loans on deposits of bullion are to be made at an interest of one per cent. only. The motives assigned in some of the private letters to these proceedings, which are be lieved to originate wholly with the Government, are not a little curious. The King of the Netherlands, who has alWays shown a very strong personal interest in the affairs of commerce, not peculiarly advantageous to his subje . cts, as evinced in the forma tion of the New Netherlands Trading Company, is said to enter tain the opinion that the measures of the Bank of England and the Government which, made money so abundant in 1824, were highly beneficial to England, and on the contrary, injurious in the same degree to Holland, because she followed, instead of taking the lead, in that vast variety of great undertakinge to which that abundance of money then gave rise. His Majesty determines that this shall not . happen again, and seeing something like a re turn of general confidence, accompanied by au improved state of trade and money transactions, he is resolved, for this time, to be beforehand with us. An attempt is making, we understand, to excite the Bank of England to imitate these men:urea, but the lesson of past sufferings is too recent to have much chance of suc cess. They may be attended in their operation with less incon venience in Holland than in this country, because the Bank of Amsterdam exerciaes a much less important influence on the community, and is enabled, by its constitution, to contract or expand its circulation with little loss of time in deliberation." The accidents to life and limb, which annually oc cur at Billingsgate on the introduction of the oysters, ought, we think, to have called the attention of our City Magistrates to the Aubject by this time. Surely some plan might have been easily adopted to prevent a recurrence of such accidents, allowing at the same time a perfect freedom to trade.— The loss of an individual or two annually m ay be of little importance to the community, but it is of the last consequence to the forlorn mem bers of their unfortunate families. It can be no pallia tion for the neglect of proper precaution, that the par ties who lost their lives were in a state of inebriety, or that accidents must happen as a matter of course, among such a motley and disorderly group of persons as are assembled, all struggling for priority, in the oyster scramble. If the present inconveniences of getting oysters are such as to endanger the lives of those whose business compels them to go there, why not remedy the evils, by making suitable arrangements ? Where the cupi dity or hardihood of individuals urges them to risk their lives, it becomes the duty of the Magistrates to interfere, and thereby save the unthinking from the consequences of their own folly, and the Public from the pain of witnessing such melancholy occurrences. It appears that two persons were drowned this morn ing at. Billingsgate. A Coroner's Inquest will of course bring in a verdict of a Accidentally drowned," but they ought to add —0 through the culpable negli gence of those who did not employ proper preventives." THE FUNDS. CITY, Twelve o' Clock. Consols opened this morning at 79i and went up to 79i, biiyers, for the account; they have since been rather depressed, and fell to '784 9, and are now again '79, buyers; the business has not been extensive; India Bonds are on request, and are 26 27 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 20 21 pm. ; and 4 per Cent. Scrip, 2 pm. In the Foreign Funds scarcely any transactions have taken place, and prices have remained at yesterday's rate, except Russian, which is 84 i; Spanish seems returning to its old price, and may be quoted 9i 10. Three per Cent. Consols, , 781; Ditto for Account, 781 1; India 4 per Cent. Bonds, 25 7 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 20 2►l pm . ; 4 per Cent. Scrip, 2 pm. FUNlM—Brazilian, 60 1; Buenos Ayres, 53 5 ; Colombian, 1824, 344 5 ; Mexican, 6 per Cents., 44 6 ; Ditto, g per Cent., 53i ; Russian, 84 4; Greek,l24 IS ; Spanish, 91 10# ; Portuguese, '714 2. Two o'clock Some fl u ctuation has tak en place in Consol e , and .'cloc k. y have been ra th er d ro oping. In consequence of severa l heavy sales, they have risen from . 78f 9, for the last two hours, and ,are now 791 '79 ;no cause can b e g i ven for heavi ness, but the wish of the Jobbers to realise the late rise.— Four per Cents, 941; Exchequer Every thing in the Foreign Market is Co wi l to b u i t a l n i 9 n , L s r 2 and s. price s prem i um . ine T rel li y e namareinalll;arkleetxiScainn a a n re eq s i S iak l state of quiet.—Brasil shares keep up their price, and are 15i pm., buyers. THREE CL 0 CK. 3 per Cent. Consols, 78i j. FOUR O'CLOCK-CLOSING PRICES. Consols 79i Danish Bonds 57 Do. for O p . 78 Greek Do. 1825 13 Brazilian Bonds 61 00i Mexican Do. 1825, 53 Buenos Ayres D o . Peruvian Do. 27 Chilian Do. Russian Do. 831 Columb ia . I), 1824, 341 Spanish Do. 9 STRES SING ACCOUNT of the DESTRUCTIO N of a VESSEL and her CREW on the COAST of AFRICA. , . (Prom a Bristol Paper.) On the 25th April last, the brigantine Tom Cod o n f ti e s James Potter, master, on arriving off St. Andrew's, o of Africa, saw a vessel at anchor off that place, and rigging cut away. The crew of the Torn ad hailed her and hoisted their colours ; but not bei answered they proceeded ng the British cponaort; board, when it was diaeovered to be the wre wi ck th of hersai'ls schooner Union, of this port. There was not a living person on board, and they were dreadfully shocked to behold six of her crew lying in different parts of the vessel naked, and inhumanly murdered ; one was overboard, alongside. Her decks were broken up, and all her cargo, ' except a few casks of palm oil, plundered. At this time, there were several canoes in sight, along shore, full of men, who as soon as the crew of the Tom Cod had quitted her, went on board, ran her on shore upon the rocks, and destroyed her., The Tom Cod fired several shots 'at them, which the savage," did not appear to care for, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY.—Tnis DAY. EVERETT V. EYRIE'. His Lordship had thought that he had disposed of this case, upon the arpments he had heard ; but from what had been communicated to him he found himself mistaken, and therefore lie certainly should dispose of it on Monday. The single question was, whether he was to grant an in junction against proceeding upon a bond. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. colisT v. RAms. His Lordship had again seen Master Cross in this case, and from him had got to know what had passed in his office. The statement that had been collected from the affidavits the Court begged to hand down to the Bar, with a view to know whether they agreed to it on both sides, and if they did, the Court would dispose of it on Monday. 1)1 IIItAUVOIA V. MODS& His Lordship said I. should also di s posa of this on Monday, and should then state, too, several other things that were floating in his mind, and which he intended to give judgment in, in the course of next week. ENCYCLOPEDIA METROPOLITANA v. LONDON EN CYCLOPEDIA. . MAW'4AN AND OTIIIRS V. TIWO AND MIMS. Mr. Solicitor-General opened this motion on behalf of the plaintiffs, yesterday, for an injunction to restrain the defendants, Messrs. Tegg and others, from continuing to publish the London Encyclopedia, on the ground that it was a piracy of the plaintiffs' work, the Encyclopedia Me. tropolitana. The Counsel in support of the application argued the case at considerable length. The copyright of the plaintiffs' work was bought by Mr. Rest Fenner, and after his bankruptcy, it descended to Messrs. Mawman end Baldwin, as the assignees of the estate and effects of Mr. Fenner. At first, the editor of the London Encyclopedia was the editor of the Encyclopedia Metropolitana ; and this non-identical identical editorKas the Solicitor-General styled him) had clearly pirated the latter work, from a comparison of articles in the two works. Mr. Horne was the leading Counsel for the defence. He partly opened his case before the rising of the Court yesterday, and resumed it to-day. The two points he made were, that a tick in the plaintiffs, in the Ency clopedia Metropolitana, had not been made out, and next, that even if a title had been mad* out, there had been such delay in applying to the Court for protection, that the Court ought not now to interfere. Having said as much on these points as he intended, he should not go over the ground again, but should apply himself to what the other side had confined themselves; namely, that • from comparison of parts of the work, it would appear the plaintiffs' book had been pirated.—They had assumed the copyright, which they had no right to do. In Mr. Horne's opinion, an Encyclopedia was to be considered now as very little more than an en larged Dictionary, going through the circle of scie nce , for the bene fi t o f the public. The editor of the Ency- Nopedia Metropolitan, had no more right to say his book, or his articles, were original, than the Editor of the London Encyclopedia had to say so of his: The plain tiffs had not stated any one article in their work which they alleged to be original; on the contrary, the value— the entire value of an Encyclopedia, consisted in bring ing down to the day of its publication every thing that had been previously published. If an Encyclo pedia did not do- this, it would be a fraud on the world. 'Whoever looked into the Encyclopedia Metropolitan, would find, that the wish of the plaintiffs was, that the public should so understand the value and nature of an Encyclopedia. The plaintiffs had complain ed of the same illustrations of articles having been used in the defendant's work that had been used in theirs. They had introduced their work to the public by a very learned preface, as no doubt b ecame suc h a l earne d body as the two and twenty plaintiffs ; the defendant's book had been ushered into the world in a much humbler way, without touching on the plaintiffs' preface at all, and leaving it to the good sense of readers to distinguish be tween the works. The plaintiffs' first article was upon Mechanism, whereas the defendants' was on the letter 4, and therefore to say, the - twt works were the eame, was absurd. The defendants' book purported to be, and was, in fact, an Altridge'd Diettottaiw, the first pin of which was produced to the world during the present year, whereas the plaintiffs' book was first published in 1818. There had hardly been air instance cited of comparison but what had been confessedly bad language, bad selection, and what ought not to have been used. And the learned Solicitor- General, , who always rioted and exuberated on language, on words, on distinctions, on tropes, and so on, had not this occa sion at all spared Mr. Curtis, the former owner and editor of the plaintiff's work. He had handled him just like a giant torturing &fly ; and then he proposed to introduce something, for the re ception of which he wished in prepare the Court, and all who heard him. \I hen all was silent, and with breathless anxiety to hear what was to come, a little gentleman popped his head up to the table before the learned speaker, whispered some thing into his ear for a moment, and then came out from the Solicitor-General, that a gentleman there was, who, though he did not always lire above ground, yet some times made his ap pearance on the surface of terra firma. lie did not mean Mr. Curtis, but a printer's devil !—(Alucli laughter.)-11 did appear to Mr. Horne that there never had been a book sent forth to the world—a literary work—a publication professing acehracYs--con taining more blunders, worse selections, less of , originality, and greater nonsense ; and the clear object of the other side was, to father on the printer's devil the whole of these blunders and this nonsense. Errors were liable to all men; but if such charity was to be shown to the plainti ff s, surely the defendants were entitled to a little of the saran liberality; that they also were to be at liberty to attribute their mistakes to their printer's devil, and if this were so, what had the Court to do with the printer's devil ? The fact was, that the language in the -Racy elopedia Metropolitaxa was, what ought is be scouted out of Court, ought to be rejected by the world, lsughed at by men of information, and would have to be considered unworthy of the protection of the Court. If the present were a case re specting a publication on morals, and if there was any thing found in the work against good morals, the Court would not in terfere, and on the same principle tke defendants hoped the Court would not protect a book, the alleged piracy of which could only be stated from language and selections decidedly bad, improper, and inaccurate. The Reverend Mr. Richardson had made an affidavit on behalf of the plaintiffs. This gentleman edits the plaintiffs' work, and is also a sehoohnaster. Mr. Horne thought he must have made the selection of words stated iii his affidavit, during the vacation, because it seemed a Hereu • lean labour, and he never could have had time to have done it, at the same time of discharging his scholastic duties. Th e Learned' Counsel then read the affidavit, which stated a gr ea t many words to be found in the plaintiffs' work not to be found in Dr. Johnson's Dictionary. Mr. Horne did notconaider that they were trying Johnson's Dictionary, nor did any one say the words alluded to by Mr. Richardson were in Johnson's. In deed if that learned Doctor had been now alive, not even Mr. Richardson could have persuaded bins, (in Mr. Horn's notion) to to have used t h ose wo rds, unless the Doctor had intended to have taken us back to the days of barbarism and confusion, front which it was his object to re deem us, because mars horrible expressions had never been heard of since the confusion that took place at the Tower of Babel. The gentleman on the other side had laid great stress on the ex tent of property that had been. embarked by the plaintiffs in the publication of their work. His Loanant;eonsidireti the magnitude of property, to be moat material to be attended to. _ . Mr. Hon.ma was quite "wart of it, but what he meant was, that the other side had unfairly used the argu ment , b ecause t h e twenty-two plaintiffs had only laid out 35,0001., which was not by any means to be compared with the importance of the defendants' property embarked, for the principal defend ant bad laid out hie ull, nearly f►v'e thousand pounds, iu establishing his Work, And, therefore, ruder all the circumstances of the ease; the Learned Gentleman hoped the Court would not interpose to stop the sale of the defentlannf work, at any rate he fort a trial at law. matter of titl e o f very great im portanits °&wel:.l:vsilt7:;-ea thoughtpe the ettote nit of the ease, th en , were a great many thing s so settled in this Court, that they could not be affected by general reasoning. Mere Could be no doubt that, upon a bill b e i ng fil e d, an injunction might b e lo osed for, but whether it was to be granted instanter, or not, until after a trial, that trial to be conducted under certain regulations, Was a no ther thing. His L or d s hi p was o f opinion, that where a great number of things were proved to be copies by the mere circumstance 'of blunders, which MA strong' evidence, before a jury, that might raise a question whither things that were not blunders were not also copies. When Mr. Horne talked about Dr. Johnson, if he had known him s well as his Lordship did, he rather thought that the day after the Doctor had published his Dictionary, he would not have ven tured to hare told him that he would publish it. Air. Horne : would have be en more a f ra id o f a l oo k o f t h at l earne d D oc t or ,' than he now was of the whole of this body of plaintiffs. Mr. SHADWELT, Mr. Cmwo, and Mr.. SPINCE, were also on. the, same side with Mr. Holum. They. admitted that many thing - e, alleged to be copied from.the plaintiffs' work, had been in truth so copied. His Loansitte then said, that this reduced it purely to a ques tion of law, whether or not the defendants were so entitled to make true copies. The SOLICITOR.-GINCRAL said, they had sworn only to the copies of the examples, and not to the ety - tuology of the words st all. Mr. CHINO said, the plaintiff had been much more nice than wise. He would read the motto of his client's book, with a view to the minds of the gentlemen on the other side.—" A reashould sit down to a book, especially of the miscel laneous kind, as a well-behaved visitor does to a banquet.— The master of the feast exerts himself to satisfy his guests; but if, after all his care sad pains, something should appear on the table that does not suit this or that person's taste, they politely pass it over without notice, and commend other dishes, that they may . not distress a kind host." His LORDSHIP wished to know whether the motto went on to say, what the visitor was to do, if there was nothing on the table? Whether he was to go into the next house and pick up whatever he could find there? Mr. CHING said no ; he should turn his back on such * tom quet. But if the Gentlemen on the other side chose to search they would find many good things in the London Encyclopaylia that were not to be foUnd in the other work. Mr. Ching contended that the publisher of an Encyclopedia, or a Scientific Dictionary, was to be considered at perfect liberty to pilfer, openly and freely, from other works, otherwke we should never have had the learned treatisealumded down to us, which in these latter days we have. His Loansme was rather inclined to think that this argument could only go to books, the copyright in which was out and gone. The Gentlemen proceeded at greater length, but the case was not disposed of when we left the Court. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—(Txis DAT.) Moon V. JONI& This was a petition praying the interference of the Court under the following circumstances. A commission of bankruptcy had been taken out against the defendant in 1823, respecting the validity of which, the Vice- Chancellor had directed an issue to be tried by a jury. When the trial came on, two material witnesses fur the plaintiff absented ' themselves, whereupon the Judge ordered the trial to be put off ou payment of costs, inconsequence ofadiscovery subtequently made by the plaintiff that these two witnesses had been suborned by the bank rupt, a rule nisi was obtained in the Court of King's Bench, to sus pend the order for the payment of costs by the plaintiff, but the Court refused to make the rule absolute until the Master, (to whom the matter was referred for investigation) should . make his report, which has not been done yet. The object of this petition WitSi that the Court might order the trial as to the validity of the com mission to proceed, without the payment of costs on behalf of the Mr. MONTAGUE, who appeared for the petitioner, complained of the length of an affidavit made by the bankrupt, which was so voluminous that an dice copy of it would cost 201., so that his client declined to take out a copy. The VICE-Cualicimunt caul, that if the parties thought proper to proceed on the petition, he would take the affidavits home to read. The question was, what effect the rule Nisi has on the trial. Mr. Was tram) said that it was inconsistent with the praetiee, that the trial should go on until the Muter should teaks his report. The Vick:-CniNerr.Loot was of opinion, that the trial could nut proceed at present, and that it was the plaintiff's duty to apply to the Court of King's Bauch to have the rule made absolute. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MA NSION-HOUSE. 7 —( Tu DAT. ) • This morning a Paddington coachman, named Davy, was brought before ths. LORD NArott, on a charge of furious driving. A trierchant stated, that the defendant, as lie was returning to Paddington yesterday afternoon, began gallopping his horses iu Coleman-street, in defiance of the remonstriutces of his passen.. gees. On his way he saw another Paddington coach taking. up a lady. He dashed across towards the rival coach in such a manner, as to throw dirt upon it. The passengers being con cerned flw their own safety, most o f t h em got out. Theliefendunt now boldly declared that he was only trotting his horses. 'The . Loan Msvon, who had repeatedly tried the affect of mi tigated penalties, said, he was now detertnined to punish with rigour every offender who was brought before hint. Ile sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of five pounds. The coachman put on a woful countenance, and said he could not pay. The Lord Mayor told him ha must pay in person, and in default of the fine being forthcoming, sentenced him to be imprisoned for three months to hard labour,. W. H. Badder, an old man. who has several times been in what is called in the cant language, the situation of Overseer ; that is, he had stood in the pillory, was this morning charged with havintentitled himself to his old post, by swearing that he had a settlement in St. Michael's Parish, Cornhill. Mr. Baker, the vestry-clerk, proved that the prisoner had ob tained money of their parish by means of this affidavit, and was at the same time receiving money at St. Pancras. He had made similar claims upon other parishes, and visited them successively to receive " his rents." The Loan Mmtnit sent him for three months to the tread-tuili for obtaining money under false pretences. GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.) ATATRIMONLAI. FELICITY.—A young female, of very interest. ' big appearance, called iladeock, was brought before the Sitting Magistfate of this office, charged by her husband, a ginger• bread-baker, with atimulting him last night. It appeared that Mrs. Badcock was of a very troublesome di-. position, so rmnch so, that articles of separation had been signed be tween them for five years ; at the same time she was bound over for 20/. to keep the peace to her husband and all hie Ma jesty's subject*. This salutary band Mrs. Badcock utterly disre garded, and had repeatedly, when intoxicated, astaulted her hus band. The Magistrate said, be sincerely pitied her, but he would di, charge her on her proruisingnerer again to molest her husband. BOW-STREET.--(Tuts DAT.) Two hove, named Rose and Jones, were charged with attempt ing to extract a handkerchief from a gentleman's pocket. Alderson, a patrol, stated, that he saw them together, and one of them followed a gentleman, and drew out the corner of his handkerchief. The prisoners then followed him to a darker place, and were close to him when they were taken by witness. One of them gated, in defence, that he had been at work the whole of the day till half an hour before he was taken, and that he was nudely taking a walk with the other prisoner, and denied all knowledge of the attempt. One of the officers said, that be had been before convicted of the same offence. The father, of the prisoners were present and endeavoured to get them off by promising to take care of them in future. They were, however, committed, which was the case with no less than four other boys this morning for the same offence. • ACCIDENTS at BILLINGSGATE this MORNING. One o'clock this morning introduced the annual luxury of oys ters to Billingsgate. As usual on such oecasions, the number of retail dealers, desirous of being first supplied with oysters was very great, and consequently a number of serious and ludicrous accidents took place. Early in the morning it was rumoured that seven or eight per sons had been d ro wned; but, after making the most minute in quiries, we could only ascertain that two individ ua l s l ost t h e i r liver, and their bodies were not discovered at twelve o'clock today, Several individuals met with severe bruises, by falling overboard, iu addition to a complete ducking. M r s. Shemin), from St. Giles, dresied may like Ls' ton, as mo n Fi aNt on, fill overboard with a sack of oysters on her head, but many thanks to her toggery, the upper part of which caught bold of a b oo k, w hi c h was on th e o u t s id e of the boat, it prevented her from undergoing ablution, although she was k e p t dang ling. between heaven and water for fi ve m i nutes, to the which Walbut cinocnoueleddhebr: the d t iso l r a ( i i i e g r ht n e , r hic o l f t s t o h i e ne h p y ar it t an o ders fhe , her dress underwent, as it c overed that she wore (ine garment which more properly belonged to her husband. 11Irs Sheeran lost h er oysters, self with saving her life; A malignant fever has manifested itself extensively a t the village of Stillington, ten miles from York. it i s called a black fever, and the inhabitants ascribe it to an infection caused by some putrid bones which have b een ground there for tuanure.--Lincoln MercurV. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. WINDSOR, Auts. 4.—Yesterday forenoon, their Royal Highnesses the Duchesses of Gloucester and Kent, after taking leave of his MAJESTY, and on leaving the 'Royal Lodge, paid a visit to her Royal Highness Princess Augusta, at Frogmore Lodge, where they remained nearly three hours in inspecting the pleasure grounds and gardens. Their Royal High 'se after partakingdge,when the Duch ess o f K ent ret u rne d of an. elegant collation, left F ' og to Kensington Palace, and th e D uc h ess o f Gloucester to Virginia Water, where her R oya l Hi g h ness joined e r s i s i:or e Lo his MAJESTY and a distinguished party; the whole of whom, at the usual hour of five o'clock, sat down to a sumptuous dinner, served in the principal room, in the Royal Marquee. At eight o'clock, her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester took leave and left for Bagshot Lodge. At half-past eight his MAJESTY and party left the Marquee and returned in their open carriages to the Royal Lodge. This forenoon the. Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Dorset, Earl of Fife Count and Countess Li e v en , and Sir Andrew Bernard, took leave of his MAJESTY, and left the Royal Lodge, for their respective resi dences. This forenoon Sir William Keppel arrived at the Royal Lodge, and succeeded Sir A. Bernard as Groom of the Stole in waiting. The Duke of York was attended on Thursday by Sir P. M'Gregor. His Royal Highness took his daily drive in the morning from Mr. Greenwood's Villa, at Brampton, through St. James's Park, &e. in his cabriolet. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Victoria and the Princess Feodore, arrived at her apartments in the King's Palace, Kensington, yester day morning from the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park, where the Royal Duchess had been staying on a visit to his MAJESTY. Thursday, soon after two o'clock, the Duchess of Kent, and the Princesses Victoria and Feodore, attend ed by the Baroness de Spaedth, Miss Lutzen, Captain Conro y and suite, left Kensington Palace for Tun bridge Wells, where her Royal Highness will pass some weeks. Sir James Macintosh transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Yesterday morning, the Duke of Wellington arrived in town from a visit to the ling, at the *Royal Lodge in Windsor Park. His Grace afterwards transacted business at the Ordnance Office. Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Secre tary of State's Office for Foreign Affairs, to the Bri tish Minister at Paris, and also at Gottenburgh. Mrs. Canning has been indisposed for some days past, and has been attended by Sir Matthew Tierney. Mr. Itabayena, Minister from the Emperor of Brazil, transacted business yesterday with Mr. Secre tary Canning, at his office in Downing-street. Madame Pasta left London on Monday last for Naples, where she is engaged for five months to sing at the Theatre of San Carlos. She sailed from the river in the steam-packet Atiwood, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. KENDAL RACES.--.-THURSULY, Jura. S. This was a beautiful day's sport, and the Course ►war as well attended as it was yesterday. The Town Plate, valno 501., won by Sophy, was admirably contested between Corrector and Sophy. The first was a dead heat, the second was won by half a length, and the third by half ,a neck. P. Musgrave's horse was drawn. The second race was for an elegant Silver Cup, which was also contested it was won by Mr. hropp's Sister to Tawpy. • NOTTINGHANf TtACES.—Tiroasuar, Ave. 3. His Majesty's Plate of 100 go. Heats, bur miler. Mr. Rounilthwaite's ch. in. Governess I I Mr. Tench's b. g. by Ainbo - t 3 Mr. Platers ch. in. Conviction - 3 1? The Macaroni Stak es o f g 0 gr . each. Two lades and 4 half. Mr. Rouridthwaite's eji. in. by Milo - I Mr. Charltou's Destwitiod - ' The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Plate of 1501.....N0 rage. - WORCESTER RACE S. —Wrimcs ia ( Cox 2.1 w nut). A Sweepstakes of 5 bon. each, and 90 added, was won in two Fats by Mr. Payne's, beating Mr. Deakin's Cock Robin, and Mr. Clarkson's Punch. TH URSDA The Hunters' Purse of 50 soya. added to 5 mom esch, was woo in two heats by Mr. Wheeler's b. rn. by Ambo, beating Mr. Charl ton's Mrs. Lott and another. Sweepstakes of 5 *ors, each, aided to the Ladies' Subscription. Mr. Gieborne's Zamiel - 1 1 Mr. Wood's Rosaria - 2 3 Sir W. Wynn's Wenlock - 2 Mr. Stevens' b. f. by Cannon Ball 4 dr The City Gold Cup, value 100 aov., added to a Handicap of 7 cove. each. Heats, three miles. Lord Warwick's Double Entendre Mr. Pickernell's Sceptre 1 I t GRAND CRICKET MATCH, On Tuesday last a grand Cricket Me:cch was played at the Albion Ground, Islington, between tile Albion Club and the Mitcham Club, in the presence of a numerous concourse of spec. tators. The Albion Club took the first innings, which lasted from 10 until 11 o'clock, making 87 runs. The Mitelent Club took up the hat and maintained their ground manfully for six hours, notching 167. The Albion Club again commenced, and were bowled out in two hours, with only 44 to their credit, being thus beat single-handed, the Mitcham Club doing more in one innings than the Albion had done in two. The amateurs were amply gratified at the close of the game by an accidental tursi-wp The Albion l e v i h u i l e ; h p air ret ° e ni ntr t s t ' t su co b i l t u r e th w :i n r d di t s ip . to be t 4 h grace by the assertion, that by an extraordinary " concatenation between y t 0 0 0 l f y. the of calamitous coincidences and casualties," three of their best players were taken off, and they threaten syhat they will do to retrieve their honour when the return match comes to be played on the Green at Mitcham. The Mitcham men glory in their victory, and say, they await the event without dismay. CON' ENT-G A ItDEN MARK ET. —( Tills DAY.) There was a good supply at this morning's market, but the trade was rather dull. 'turnips and Cauliflowers were higher, 1 5 . d u . t 0 s. l2 it than on .Onrti,"isnislaiylseum'unigAbt.pricoTtherielowtautoeno, Beans, or Radishes, in th• market. and Cucumbers, lower, Potatoes ►er cwt.) Cabbages 02 heads) 1 0 a 0 Currants" ............. i 6 4 0 Cauliflowers Asparagus .(bUndle)... 1 6 3(1 'Lemons t..... .. !. ! ... '7 3t) l') a Horse Radish ... .. . . 2 0 4 0 SpaulsliCnesnuis(persi) 5 0 to 9 Carrots ( 13 ( ..... ......... ...........).. .. 2 5 6 0 1 . 1 0 0 si t r ,an su l e s t ditto ideltuto . 7 7 , t i Coleworts or' Greens .1 0 1 6 French Walnuts 3 S 1 0 Onions .„...„„ a 0 8 0 Raspberries (} cattle )... 0 . 81 Cos 4na l. , : e tt ( r a e i s f.. (s te co ye ev 1 t ir , , I il ct ober yries ,i .r .... 4 .. ) . 7 -- 1 2 ' O 3 e; i - kreacl► Re a p, v 0 4 6 Apricots (pual:ftat!)... 4 0 4 0 (Green Walnuts ~...4 rum*, 1 II 0 Common Plums ."... it► 3ti ~, sly ( ""Mv . ) ...„ 0 9 1 d (looselierries ....... v 0 u 6 . 50 , Ditto small (10. , / Apples !Pears thatridevo Celery, Broad tproi:adisi , - ---- - --- -..-- , HAY MARKET-.-('T7l DAY.) ('At per Load ur St! • • ST. JAMES 4-. 1 Lowland Af e adow flay.f3 15 to 4 t3 o ov er /l a y X41,514615 Uplatoll/itto ..... AISS 15 0411traw lle 114 Rve , griaao 11-113',2... 415 516 threat Ditto Ni,,,igratclow ay . ... 4 5 5 5 • ' Both Meadow N and tlover liar 55.. Straw from I'a, to 3t. per load hi g h er t h a n on Thursday. sapp,y n ot it t gl, and trade. on account of the high Upland '- 1 71 1 m ) 1 •eadolainrilw:iliiiltlielii;a-1:11t.)....1....1.pea..y.r5zal 403: 5 , 8 : j o g i t t h ri e ' r6 151 : Di C l ai l l e tt 'i l f atu e D r: xt } t 1 gr a iu y : 1: rdied n l e u: r r a py l r l ii y iel f .:0 4 0 ro 4 to e: s y... ls_ Rye-gran Hay ~... .. ...4 5 5 S 041.Strivt, . , ... .........,. 110 11 5 New meivi „„ fi ll y .... 40 5 a 'Wheat Dittu and &taw 444Uoluay. Supply rather 11011411 4 oul4 tre e k4l